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Mate who's drunk a bit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

somewhat

'a bit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mate who's drunk' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'mate'+'whos'='matewhos'
'matewhos' anagrammed gives 'SOMEWHAT'.

(Other definitions for somewhat that I've seen before include "To an extent, a little" , "To a certain degree - a bit" , "Moderately" , "up to a point" , "To some degree, sort of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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